Ep. 10.18.1Cuperem sine querēlā corpusculī tuī et tuōrum pervenīre in Bīthȳniam potuissēs, ac simile tibi iter ab Ephesō eī nāvigātiōnī fuisset, quam expertus ūsque illō erās.I could have wished that you had been able to reach Bithynia without any complaint from your poor body or those of your people, and that your journey from Ephesus had been like the voyage which you had enjoyed as far as there. Ep. 10.18.2Quō autem diē pervēnissēs in Bīthȳniam, cognōvī, Secunde cārissime, litterīs tuīs.On what day you had reached Bithynia, my dearest Secundus, I learned from your letter. Ep. 10.18.2Prōvinciālēs, crēdō, prōspectum sibi ā mē intellegent.The provincials, I believe, will understand that I have looked after their interests. Ep. 10.18.2Nam et tū dabis operam, ut manifestum sit illīs ēlēctum tē esse, quī ad eōsdem meī locō mitterēris.For you too will take care to make it plain to them that you were chosen to be sent to them in my place. Ep. 10.18.3Ratiōnēs autem in prīmīs tibi rērum pūblicārum excutiendae sunt;But first of all you must examine the accounts of the cities; Ep. 10.18.3nam et esse eās vexātās satis cōnstat.for it is well enough established that they are in disorder.
Ep. 10.18.3Mēnsōrēs vix etiam iīs operibus, quae aut Rōmae aut in proximō fīunt, sufficientēs habeō;As for surveyors, I have barely enough even for the works under way either at Rome or nearby; Ep. 10.18.3sed in omnī prōvinciā inveniuntur, quibus crēdī possit, et ideō nōn dēerunt tibi, modo velīs dīligenter excutere.but in every province men are found who can be trusted, and so you will not lack them, provided you are willing to examine things carefully.